Storm and Shadows

though truth is heavier than fiction, gravity lifts when the projectionist rolls tape

[shinhati]

cemeteries aren't creepy they're actually devoted to memory and rest and love and humanity

[narrativelydoomed]

@swshows Week: DAY 2 - Villains/Sith

Reva Sevander in Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)

[ducissatenebrarum]

Victorian Memento Mori Skull Ring, Gilt Silver and Enamel, a haunting relic of an era captivated by mortality, c. 1880.

[radawaycuntt]

Instead of going to work tomorrow why don’t we all just dig a really deep hole

[sapphling]

hey dude, idk how much you remember from the party last night but- yeah, everyone saw your want. yeah no it was pretty late and winding down so it was quiet enough that every single person there saw it throbbing and twitching in your chest and so wet with hunger it was glistening under the kitchen light. they said it looked like it was reaching for something

[okthatsgreat]

i <3 when women characters feel they aren't able to express sadness in "normal" ways because they don't feel safe enough to cry in their environment so instead they opt for the more acceptable strong emotion of rage and they get recklessly angry at the people around them in fits of misplaced sadness and terror and make irreversible decisions and hurt others. i dont care as much when this happens to a man

[millenianthemums]

idc what anyone says, monsters motivated by love are a thousand times scarier than any other kind. hive minds that subsume all life out of a genuine belief that everyone will be happier that way. aliens that subjugate humanity out of a colonizer mindset of “helping” a primitive species. things that mutate bodies and minds out of a desire to “fix” or “cure” them. undead creatures that want to spread the curse to their loved ones so they also never have to die.

monsters that treat their victims like scared family pets that don’t want their medicine. monsters that think they know best. monsters that wield the corrupting, devastating, horrifying power of love.

nothing is scarier to me.

[jcbs-posting]

unrelated but it's always a bit funny to me when people imprint on 2D ideas of my characters like 'haha stealing Blake's identity' and 'haha Anin harem' and then they do genuinely unlovable shit and everyone shuts the fuck up fast enough to click their jaw and it's soooo delightful every time

[jcbs-posting]

fantasizing about Blake Moreau comforting me through a volatile emotional reaction but shaking my head to communicate that I don't respect any of his coping methods

[barladera]

some bloody embroidery)

[nevershootamockingbird]

[ Begin ID: A photo of embroidery of the circulatory system in human hands. The embroidery is done in red thread against green fabric. / End ID ]

[jadedfadedalmostgone]

[mossy-rainfrog]

[ID: A black and white, traditional drawing of Jade, an original character from the chest up. She is a thin Black woman with her hair in a ponytail, and with two thin braids framing her face. She wears a jacket with pins and a pronoun patch, and she is looking off to the right with a smile. The drawing is split through with a line, dividing the lineart into black against a white background vs white against a black background. End ID.]

step 1 for unofficial inktober: draw very simple busts so i can actually keep up. step 2 for unofficial inktober: have cool idea. fail step 1

anyways hiiiiiiii y’all are gonna look at my shadow-walking babygirl again

[evertestati]

Protect me from what I want

[chainmaiden-deactivated20260205]

'top or bottom???' wrong ‼️⚔️which one of you is the loyal dog come living weapon and which one of you has the lethal pout and divinity complex ???

[notquiteaghost]

"it's okay, i can peel back the layers of you until i find the soft and gentle core of you you've had to work so hard to hide"? no. no, it's okay, i know you're hollow; i'm here anyway. you don't have to pretend it isn't masks the whole way down. whatever face you want to wear, i still love you. i don't need you to be good or unflinching or the antonym of violence. if i did, i wouldn't be here. i wouldn't ask that of you.

[notquiteaghost]

i have nothing against a character who is layers of scar tissue and callous protecting a small little sliver of their before self, who just wants to be safe to let that sliver grow and heal

however. when the only thing under all the scarring is more scarring. when there's nothing of the before self left at all. when there was a precipice, and they tumbled over it, and even if they got back up they'll never heal right.

and then to have someone still say i care for you. you are broken and i can't fix you and i'm here anyway. so what if you're a ghost of yourself? you can haunt me

[eidetictelekinetic]

Mutual pining is great, but you know what's even better? Mutual pining where they're both fully aware the feelings are requited, they just can't do anything about it for other reasons. Or maybe they technically could but they've had to choose not to, because of The Circumstances.

[pillowspace]

Obsessed with vampires but specifically when they're really pathetic

[pillowspace]

Obsessed with a vampire's existence being symbolic of the terror in a lack of control. Of having needs that scare you. Of a non-violent heart having to enact violence for the sake of survival. Of hiding yourself and longing for the honesty of companionship that you may never hope to get. Of fearing fearful eyes. Of more hunger than you know how to fill. The vampire wants to be taken care of, the vampire is scared, the vampire feels small, the vampire wants to rest. I!!!!!! Like that a lot :) I like pathetic vampires. And I like the catharsis of when someone does offer that vampire the space to be loved and trusted. Of someone offering their blood as a symbol of the vampire being taken care of. I love you, I'm not scared of you, I trust you, I'll feed you. You're safe here. And I know that I am too

[pillowspace]

Now don't look too deeply into what this says about me